Thinking of doing a Century series in .308

Hi Guys,
I am thinking of doing a century series type Saiga in .308. I know that the Russians never made one in this caliber but it might be a lot of fun to do a conversion similar to the .223 I did a couple of years ago. This time I will do it as a side folder, use a Mark Krebbs large FS/GB combo, and maybe a rail system similar to Krebbs with a flip up rear sight. The large FS/GB combo that I have takes the AR 15 front sight post so like I said this is going to be a type or variant of a Century series.....Anyhow I was thinking that this time instead of using a AK74 break I would modify one of my 7071 aluminum Fake Russian cans for the Yugo M92, yes I know that the Yugo is 26 mm thread and not the standard Bulgarian 24mm so I will have to machine an adaptor....more work but what this will do is give me added weight to the end of the barrel and allow me to use the full length 21.8 inch original Russian barrel with out having to turn it down. Anyway this is my idea, I will do a mock up drawing when I get home from Utah and post up some pictures. Please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions I would be glad to hear them.
Thanks,
will6970

Hey Nalioth,
Good to hear from you, it has been a while. Yes. what I mean is to do is to convert a .308 Saiga with a 21.3 inch barrel to a Century Series type rife for example like the .223 I converted some time back. I know you mentioned the AK 103, but I am thinking more along the lines of this AK 104, only adding a Fake Russian Can as a barrel counter weight, which also allows me to keep the barrel length at the afore mentioned 21.3 inch length.

By the way cool picture! That looks like a modified VEPR .308. I had not seen this model before.. very cool!
Thanks,
will6970

Century Series AK 101 to 105

Originally Posted by nalioth

Do you mean "Century series" as in something like an AK-103?

Izhmash makes a "Century series" in .308 already.

Hey Nalioth,
Good to hear from you, it has been a while. Yes. what I mean is to do is to convert a .308 Saiga with a 21.3 inch barrel to a Century Series type rife for example like the .223 I converted. I know you mentioned the AK 103, but I am thinking more along the lines of this AK 104, only adding a Fake Russian Can as a barrel counter weight, which also allows me to keep the barrel length at the afore mentioned 21.3 inch length.

By the way cool picture! That looks like a modified VEPR .308. I had not seen this model before.. very cool!
Thanks,
will6970

Century Series AK 101 to 108

Originally Posted by Coils

I'm not sure what you mean about "Century series"?

Hi Coils,
It has been a while how have you been? The "Century Series" refers to the AK variants Known as the AK 101 to the AK 108. The numbers being in the 100's would be the reason for the designation of Century Series. At least this is what I have read and been lead to believe.
Thanks,
will6970

Hey Nalioth,
Good to hear from you, it has been a while. Yes. what I mean is to do is to convert a .308 Saiga with a 21.3 inch barrel to a Century Series type rife for example like the .223 I converted. I know you mentioned the AK 103, but I am thinking more along the lines of this AK 104, only adding a Fake Russian Can as a barrel counter weight, which also allows me to keep the barrel length at the afore mentioned 21.3 inch length.

By the way cool picture! That looks like a modified VEPR .308. I had not seen this model before.. very cool!
Thanks,
will6970

Here is a picture of the older style VEPR in .308 that I was talking about.

The "Century Series" refers to the AK variants Known as the AK 101 to the AK 108

OK I get what your saying, never heard that before though.

I don't see why you couldn't, the only thing I can think of causing problems would be the barrel diameter, but then the hand guard retainer would most likely be the only issue there since you thought out the gas block already.

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